And So The Breaking Begins: Mindbreaker Duet, Book 1 (An Age of War and Prophecy 3)
Lacey Lehotzky
by S.D. Maynard
HE BRINGS THE ORDER. SHE BRINGS THE NOISE.
Los Angeles isn't just a city of angels. It's a city of signals.
Most people just hear the traffic, the sirens, the music.
Luna Cross hears the spaces in between.
She hears the static that whispers secrets. The feedback loop that sounds like a warning. And tonight, she hears a frequency that wants to tear the world apart.
Raziel hears only his own guilt.
Ancient, lethal, and terrified of his own history, he has sworn never to let a human close enough to be hurt. But Luna crashes through his defenses like a live wire, waking up parts of him he thought were dead and buried.
Together, they are a mismatch made in heaven-and hell. A guardian who has lost his faith, and a creator who is finding her power. As the supernatural frequency threatens to turn the city into a slaughterhouse, they must find harmony in the chaos.
Because the only thing more dangerous than the demon hunting them... is the way they feel when they touch.
April 1, 2026
Luna Cross doesn't have magic powers. She has synesthesia, a mixing console, and the kind of ruthless technical competence that made me want to stand up and applaud. When a weaponized frequency starts turning LA concert crowds feral, she's the only person on the planet who can hear it. The magic system is built entirely on real sound engineering — frequencies, harmonic resonance, subsonic weapons hiding in subwoofer cabinets — and it works because it feels grounded. Then there's Raziel....
April 2, 2026
I was hooked from the beginning. I really enjoyed the chemistry between Raziel and Luna! And I love it when you have cameos from previous characters from books in the same series/universe. I appreciate the authors diligence in researching the technical aspects of sound recording. However, I felt like skipping parts a lot because it was TOO technical when it didn't need to be so detailed. With that said, it did not ruin the book for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it! )
April 1, 2026
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ If J.R. Ward wrote a Fallen angel who hadn't been touched in 83 years I need everyone to understand what S.D. Maynard did to me with Raziel. Six-foot-three. Violet eyes. A jawline a Renaissance sculptor would weep over. Eighty-three years of self-imposed exile, sleeping above a dead studio, drinking bad mezcal, and refusing to let anyone close. Then a five-foot-one sound engineer with combat boots grabs the front of his jacket and his entire body comes back online after eight decades of...
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